Division races heat up despite cold weather
Local baseball, softball teams in the mix early on
BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer
      Though the weather has certainly slowed the start of the spring sports season, it has done little to dull the title hopes of local baseball and softball teams. A little less than a month into the spring season, the majority of the local teams are off to solid starts, and have played their way, thus far, into the mix of their divisional title chases.
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Letting it fly
      Old Bridge's Jeffrey Goldin shoots over Allentown's Matt Reed during a game at Byron Johnson Park in Allentown on Saturday.
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You're next
      East Brunswick's Sarah Smith passes the baton to teammate Brie Bell during the distance medley race at Saturday's Colts Neck Relays.
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Sports Shorts
      The Monroe seventh-grade Lady Falcons basketball team opened play in the Colonial Valley Spring League with a 29-16 win over West Windsor Plainsboro. Offensive scoring came from eight different players. Christina Felice led all scorers with six points, while Kylie Davidson added five points.
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Fish On
This time of year, it's all about the stripers
Ron Nuzzolo
      Bass fishing in the Raritan Bay is still on track. Plenty of shorts along with a good mix of keepers landing off the surf. Vincent Penna, 4, of Parlin, fished clams with his dad at Cliffwood Beach and nailed a 28-inch keeper all by himself. Congratulations, little Vinny. Lenny Kraut from Hazlet fished clams at Union Beach and landed two keepers up to 17 pounds. Joe Wilson Jr.
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